Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus

Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (229 BC-160 BC) was a Consul of the Roman Republic in 182 BC and 168 BC. His decisive defeat of King Perseus of Macedon at the Battle of Pydna in 168 BC earned him the title "Macedonicus", as his victory led to the Roman annexation of Macedon.

Biography
Lucius Aemilius Paullus was born in Rome, Latium, Roman Republic in 229 BC, the son of Lucius Aemilius Paullus, the consul who had been killed at the Battle of Cannae in 219 BC. He was elected Aedile in 193 BC and Praetor in 191 BC, and he campaigned against the Lusitani in Hispania from 191 to 189 BC. He was elected consul for the first time in 182 BC, and, in 181 BC, his next military command was against the Ligurians. In 168 BC, he was again elected consul and sent by the Roman Senate to deal with the war against Perseus of Macedon, decisively defeating Perseus at the Battle of Pydna. In 167 BC, he pillaged the Macedonian ally of Epirus, loaded the Macedonian royal treasures onto Rome-bound ships, and plundered seventy towns and enslaved 150,000 people. He celebrated a spectacular triumph on his return to Rome, and he was awarded the agnomen "Macedonicus" for his conquest of Macedonia. He was elected censor in 164 BC, but he died during his term in office in 160 BC.